Craig Albernaz
Craig Francis Albernaz is an American professional baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball for Eckerd College. Albernaz signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent in 2006. He was formerly a coach for the San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Guardians.
High school, college, and playing career
Albernaz attended Somerset Berkley Regional High School in Somerset, Massachusetts.He attended Eckerd College, where he played college baseball as a pitcher and catcher. As a catcher, he threw out 61% of attempted base stealers, and his arm was regularly clocked at 1.85 seconds to second base.
Albernaz was undrafted out of college and signed with the Tampa Bay Rays as a free agent in 2006. He played as a catcher in the Rays organization from 2006 through 2013. Albernaz spent his final season in 2014 in the Detroit Tigers organization. In his minor league career, five seasons of which he played in Triple–A, he threw out 44% of attempted base stealers.